COURSE AIMS

To introduce swimmers with no experience of Open Water swimming to the wonderful world of wild swimming

To give swimmers the confidence to swim in Open Water

To coach and support people who have entered swim events (or other sporting activities)

COURSE CONTENT

The course content is designed to be flexible enough that all levels of swimming competency and experience can be involved, either on an individual one-2-one basis or in larger groups. Course content can, therefore, be adapted to suit the needs of the swimmer(s)

Welcome & safety briefing – lakeside

How to put a wetsuit on

Water entry & acclimatisation

Sculling/Floating exercises

Bubbles/Breathing basics

Venue/Course understanding

Safety

Sighting training

Open Water swim – short course

Stroke analysis & development

Open Water swim – long course

How to remove a wetsuit

Debrief session

COURSE COSTS

The course costs £30, which includes:

Just over ½ hours classroom training – as detailed in the course content

Up to 1 hour of coached swimming in open water

Access to on-going iTOWS coaching from SYS team coaches during the season

N.B. The course fee does NOT include wetsuit hire. For information about wetsuit hire please see our online wetsuit hire pages here.